~*~ Chapter 8 - 7 Days With Joey ~*~
~*~ Sunday ~*~
After Pacey had driven off, Bessie slung her arm around Joey's shoulders and the sisters went inside, giggling like two uncontrollable idiots.
"Oh, I'm so excited!" Bessie exclaimed.
"You? I thought I was the one that was supposed to be excited."
"Well aren't you?"
"Yes! But you shouldn't be more excited than me!"
"Is that possible?" Bessie joked.
They collapsed on the couch, laughing and talking.
~*~ Monday ~*~
Doug dropped Katie off at about 9:00. Joey spent they morning outside playing with Katie and Alexander, until Bessie came back from the airport.
"Joey!" Jen raced out the back to greet her female best friend.
"Jen! How are you? You look fantastic! Oh, it's so good to see you!" Joey exclaimed.
"I'm excellent, thank you! And what about you, you look amazing! How long ago did you have the baby?"
"Three months ago." Joey said grinning. She had missed Jen so much.
"Is this your daughter?"
"Yeas, this is Katie."
"She's adorable! She looks like Pacey, but she's got your eyes... and smile!"
"Yeah... luckily for us, she doesn't cry much at all!"
Jen and Joey reminisced all afternoon.
~*~ Tuesday ~*~
Jen came over just after Bessie came back from dropping Katie off.
"What are we doing today?" Jen asked Joey.
"Well, what needs to be done... we need to decide what we're going to do with our hair... and we have the final fitting of our dresses, in 20 minutes."
"Don't worry about hair, I'll do that. I'm a stylist."
"Are you sure?"
"Of course!"
Joey sighed with relief. "Thank you so much Jen. That's one less thing I have to think about."
Jen, Joey and Bessie met Gretchen at the bridal shop.
"Hey!" Joey said to Gretchen.
"Hi Joey, Jen, Bessie," she replied, addressing each of them in turn, "shall we go in?"
'Yes, let's go."
The bridesmaids' dresses were gorgeous. Simple, yes, but gorgeous. Halter necked and fitted in lilac material, all three of the ladies looked fabulous.
Joey came out from the fitting rooms, and everyone gasped. Joey's dress was white (of course!). The top half was fitted and made of satin, and had a bouquet of flowers embroidered with pearls across the front. The skirt was made of plain white velvet, and flowed around Joey's ankles.
"Joey, that is perfect!"
"You really think so?" Joey asked nervously.
"Yes!" They all replied adamantly.
Joey grinned. "I love it!" She giggled.
~*~ Wednesday ~*~
Joey and Bessie took Alex and Katie out for the day. They went everywhere! Joey was surprised that Katie wasn't all that interested... it was almost like she had been everywhere the day before!
~*~ Thursday ~*~
Joey and Bessie went to the florist and the baker to make sure they would be ready for Saturday.
Joey had ordered lilacs and white thorn-less roses for the bouquets, and more white roses for their hair.
The cake was to be a square caramel mud cake with white icing. Bessie had secretly ordered a mini-Joey and a mini-Pacey that she could put on after it was delivered so Joey wouldn't see.
Once Joey was satisfied that everything was on schedule, she and Bessie went and bought two bottles of champagne and food for the bachelorette party.
Jen had promised to organize the hairs on Saturday.
~*~ Friday ~*~
Doug dropped Katie off at 9:30, apologizing for being so late, but Bessie told him not to worry as Joey had just gotten up.
Joey spent the day at the B&B relaxing with Katie. She couldn't help but think about how quickly she was growing - Joey was still amazed by her daughter, three months after she came into the world.
"They tend to do that!" Bessie laughed.
Joey dropped Katie off at Mrs. Ryan's at 6:00. She would've come back with Jen, but she wasn't ready yet.
Jen and Gretchen arrived at 6:30, each carrying a bottle of champagne, soda and chips.
Jen was also carrying a suspicious bag, "for tomorrow" was all she would say.
They had just sat down when the doorbell rang. Joey answered it, and found Audrey and a guy that was almost as gorgeous as Pacey standing on the 'Welcome to the Potter B&B!' mat.
"Joey!" Audrey exclaimed, hugging her.
"Audrey! You made it!"
"Well, duh! As if I would miss the wedding of my favorite college roommate and my second-best boyfriend! Anyway, moving on, this is Trent."
"Hi Trent. I've heard a bit about you."
Trent smiled. "I've heard a bit about you too. It's nice to finally meet you."
"You too." Joey smiled.
"I hate to be a party pooper guys," Audrey interrupted," but Trent has work he has to catch up on, that's why he's not hanging with Pacey. I'll be back in about half an hour, ok?"
"Sure! I'll see you on Sunday Trent, it was nice to FINALLY," Joey stared at Audrey, "meet you."
"Yeah, you too Joey."
"Joey, how much have you had to drink?" Audrey teased, and quickly turned and pulled Trent after her.
5 minutes later, Mrs.' Leery and Witter arrived, each with a bottle of champagne.
"Hi! Come in!" Joey greeted them enthusiastically.
They all sat down with a glass of champagne. 15 minutes later, Audrey showed up again.
"Hey girls, did I miss anything?" Audrey asked anxiously.
"Hey Audrey, nice to see you! And no, you didn't miss anything, don't worry." Jen said.
"Good." Audrey said, sitting down. "So what are we doing?"
"We're sitting drinking champagne!" Joey said getting up to get the other bottles and a glass for Audrey.
"Ooh, I have an idea! Let's tell Joey stories! Humiliating, embarrassing ones!" Audrey suggested excitedly, and it was met with enthusiasm from everyone except Joey.
They talked and drank until midnight, when Mrs.' Leery and Witter apologized for having to leave so early.
"Don't be ridiculous! Thank you so much for coming." Joey told them. Surprisingly, she had managed to stay reasonably sober - actually, everyone had!
"Thanks everyone, we'll see you on Sunday!" Gale called as they left.
Audrey decided 5 minutes later that she'd better go as well, because "Trent misses me really badly, I can feel it!"
Bessie and Joey insisted that Jen and Gretchen stayed the night - they'd have to come over in the morning anyway. Luckily, the B&B didn't have any guests until the next weekend, so there were plenty of rooms to choose from!
~*~ Saturday ~*~
Joey woke up at 9:30 am. She went downstairs to find Bessie and Gretchen cooking breakfast, and Jen reviving over a cup of coffee.
Once they'd had breakfast, Jen disappeared to her room. She came back with the mysterious bag, telling everyone to stay in the kitchen because it was "the biggest non-carpeted room".
"Jen, what is in the bag?" Joey asked impatiently.
Jen opened the bag and started removing the contents. "It's my styling equipment. So, who's first?"
"I will," said Gretchen, "Dawson and I have plans this afternoon."
"Ok. Joey, do you know what style you want for us? I know the perfect one for you - it'll suit you perfectly - but I don't know about us."
"No, whatever you decide is fine, as long as they're the same."
"Gotcha." Jen worked quickly, twisting and pinning Gretchen's hair into place. 5 minutes later, "What do you think?"
Joey smiled. "it's perfect," she said.
"Good. I'll set aside half an hour to do the three of us in. Joey, it's your turn."
"Do you need me anymore?" Gretchen asked.
"Just for a minute." Jen quickly unpinned Gretchen's hair, "There you go. Have fun!"
"Now, Joey. What I have in mind for you. It's formal, it's gorgeous, it's you. But... I need to cut about 2 inches off for it to work."
Joey took a deep breath. "Ok."
"Are you sure?"
"Yeah, I'm fine with it! I just don't know what Pacey will think... you know what? To hell with what he thinks! Let's go for it."
"Yeah?"
"Yeah. Do it now, before I chicken out." Joey joked.
"Alright!" Jen grabbed her bottle of water. She thought again and put it down. She grabbed the towel and cape from the bag, and put them on Joey.
"Very professional!" joked Joey.
Jen wet Joey's hair and combed it out. She got to work, snipping away.
Bessie smiled at Joey, "What are you so worried about?"
"Pacey." Joey sighed.
"Honey, don't! He'll get used to it, and it'll grow back Jo!"
"Finished!" Jen said, rummaging through her bag. She handed a mirror to Joey, who admired Jen's handiwork.
"It suits you Jo," Bessie said.
"It does." Jen added.
"Thanks Jen." Joey said sincerely.
"It was nothing at all." Jen beamed.
They spent the rest of the day talking about anything and everything. Bessie left for about an hour to pick up the dresses, and Gretchen - Gretchen and Jen were staying the night again.
They all had an early night, and Joey lay in bed thoroughly thrilled about the next day. She prayed Pacey would be on time and that he would be standing there waiting for her...
~*~ Sunday ~*~
After Pacey had driven off, Bessie slung her arm around Joey's shoulders and the sisters went inside, giggling like two uncontrollable idiots.
"Oh, I'm so excited!" Bessie exclaimed.
"You? I thought I was the one that was supposed to be excited."
"Well aren't you?"
"Yes! But you shouldn't be more excited than me!"
"Is that possible?" Bessie joked.
They collapsed on the couch, laughing and talking.
~*~ Monday ~*~
Doug dropped Katie off at about 9:00. Joey spent they morning outside playing with Katie and Alexander, until Bessie came back from the airport.
"Joey!" Jen raced out the back to greet her female best friend.
"Jen! How are you? You look fantastic! Oh, it's so good to see you!" Joey exclaimed.
"I'm excellent, thank you! And what about you, you look amazing! How long ago did you have the baby?"
"Three months ago." Joey said grinning. She had missed Jen so much.
"Is this your daughter?"
"Yeas, this is Katie."
"She's adorable! She looks like Pacey, but she's got your eyes... and smile!"
"Yeah... luckily for us, she doesn't cry much at all!"
Jen and Joey reminisced all afternoon.
~*~ Tuesday ~*~
Jen came over just after Bessie came back from dropping Katie off.
"What are we doing today?" Jen asked Joey.
"Well, what needs to be done... we need to decide what we're going to do with our hair... and we have the final fitting of our dresses, in 20 minutes."
"Don't worry about hair, I'll do that. I'm a stylist."
"Are you sure?"
"Of course!"
Joey sighed with relief. "Thank you so much Jen. That's one less thing I have to think about."
Jen, Joey and Bessie met Gretchen at the bridal shop.
"Hey!" Joey said to Gretchen.
"Hi Joey, Jen, Bessie," she replied, addressing each of them in turn, "shall we go in?"
'Yes, let's go."
The bridesmaids' dresses were gorgeous. Simple, yes, but gorgeous. Halter necked and fitted in lilac material, all three of the ladies looked fabulous.
Joey came out from the fitting rooms, and everyone gasped. Joey's dress was white (of course!). The top half was fitted and made of satin, and had a bouquet of flowers embroidered with pearls across the front. The skirt was made of plain white velvet, and flowed around Joey's ankles.
"Joey, that is perfect!"
"You really think so?" Joey asked nervously.
"Yes!" They all replied adamantly.
Joey grinned. "I love it!" She giggled.
~*~ Wednesday ~*~
Joey and Bessie took Alex and Katie out for the day. They went everywhere! Joey was surprised that Katie wasn't all that interested... it was almost like she had been everywhere the day before!
~*~ Thursday ~*~
Joey and Bessie went to the florist and the baker to make sure they would be ready for Saturday.
Joey had ordered lilacs and white thorn-less roses for the bouquets, and more white roses for their hair.
The cake was to be a square caramel mud cake with white icing. Bessie had secretly ordered a mini-Joey and a mini-Pacey that she could put on after it was delivered so Joey wouldn't see.
Once Joey was satisfied that everything was on schedule, she and Bessie went and bought two bottles of champagne and food for the bachelorette party.
Jen had promised to organize the hairs on Saturday.
~*~ Friday ~*~
Doug dropped Katie off at 9:30, apologizing for being so late, but Bessie told him not to worry as Joey had just gotten up.
Joey spent the day at the B&B relaxing with Katie. She couldn't help but think about how quickly she was growing - Joey was still amazed by her daughter, three months after she came into the world.
"They tend to do that!" Bessie laughed.
Joey dropped Katie off at Mrs. Ryan's at 6:00. She would've come back with Jen, but she wasn't ready yet.
Jen and Gretchen arrived at 6:30, each carrying a bottle of champagne, soda and chips.
Jen was also carrying a suspicious bag, "for tomorrow" was all she would say.
They had just sat down when the doorbell rang. Joey answered it, and found Audrey and a guy that was almost as gorgeous as Pacey standing on the 'Welcome to the Potter B&B!' mat.
"Joey!" Audrey exclaimed, hugging her.
"Audrey! You made it!"
"Well, duh! As if I would miss the wedding of my favorite college roommate and my second-best boyfriend! Anyway, moving on, this is Trent."
"Hi Trent. I've heard a bit about you."
Trent smiled. "I've heard a bit about you too. It's nice to finally meet you."
"You too." Joey smiled.
"I hate to be a party pooper guys," Audrey interrupted," but Trent has work he has to catch up on, that's why he's not hanging with Pacey. I'll be back in about half an hour, ok?"
"Sure! I'll see you on Sunday Trent, it was nice to FINALLY," Joey stared at Audrey, "meet you."
"Yeah, you too Joey."
"Joey, how much have you had to drink?" Audrey teased, and quickly turned and pulled Trent after her.
5 minutes later, Mrs.' Leery and Witter arrived, each with a bottle of champagne.
"Hi! Come in!" Joey greeted them enthusiastically.
They all sat down with a glass of champagne. 15 minutes later, Audrey showed up again.
"Hey girls, did I miss anything?" Audrey asked anxiously.
"Hey Audrey, nice to see you! And no, you didn't miss anything, don't worry." Jen said.
"Good." Audrey said, sitting down. "So what are we doing?"
"We're sitting drinking champagne!" Joey said getting up to get the other bottles and a glass for Audrey.
"Ooh, I have an idea! Let's tell Joey stories! Humiliating, embarrassing ones!" Audrey suggested excitedly, and it was met with enthusiasm from everyone except Joey.
They talked and drank until midnight, when Mrs.' Leery and Witter apologized for having to leave so early.
"Don't be ridiculous! Thank you so much for coming." Joey told them. Surprisingly, she had managed to stay reasonably sober - actually, everyone had!
"Thanks everyone, we'll see you on Sunday!" Gale called as they left.
Audrey decided 5 minutes later that she'd better go as well, because "Trent misses me really badly, I can feel it!"
Bessie and Joey insisted that Jen and Gretchen stayed the night - they'd have to come over in the morning anyway. Luckily, the B&B didn't have any guests until the next weekend, so there were plenty of rooms to choose from!
~*~ Saturday ~*~
Joey woke up at 9:30 am. She went downstairs to find Bessie and Gretchen cooking breakfast, and Jen reviving over a cup of coffee.
Once they'd had breakfast, Jen disappeared to her room. She came back with the mysterious bag, telling everyone to stay in the kitchen because it was "the biggest non-carpeted room".
"Jen, what is in the bag?" Joey asked impatiently.
Jen opened the bag and started removing the contents. "It's my styling equipment. So, who's first?"
"I will," said Gretchen, "Dawson and I have plans this afternoon."
"Ok. Joey, do you know what style you want for us? I know the perfect one for you - it'll suit you perfectly - but I don't know about us."
"No, whatever you decide is fine, as long as they're the same."
"Gotcha." Jen worked quickly, twisting and pinning Gretchen's hair into place. 5 minutes later, "What do you think?"
Joey smiled. "it's perfect," she said.
"Good. I'll set aside half an hour to do the three of us in. Joey, it's your turn."
"Do you need me anymore?" Gretchen asked.
"Just for a minute." Jen quickly unpinned Gretchen's hair, "There you go. Have fun!"
"Now, Joey. What I have in mind for you. It's formal, it's gorgeous, it's you. But... I need to cut about 2 inches off for it to work."
Joey took a deep breath. "Ok."
"Are you sure?"
"Yeah, I'm fine with it! I just don't know what Pacey will think... you know what? To hell with what he thinks! Let's go for it."
"Yeah?"
"Yeah. Do it now, before I chicken out." Joey joked.
"Alright!" Jen grabbed her bottle of water. She thought again and put it down. She grabbed the towel and cape from the bag, and put them on Joey.
"Very professional!" joked Joey.
Jen wet Joey's hair and combed it out. She got to work, snipping away.
Bessie smiled at Joey, "What are you so worried about?"
"Pacey." Joey sighed.
"Honey, don't! He'll get used to it, and it'll grow back Jo!"
"Finished!" Jen said, rummaging through her bag. She handed a mirror to Joey, who admired Jen's handiwork.
"It suits you Jo," Bessie said.
"It does." Jen added.
"Thanks Jen." Joey said sincerely.
"It was nothing at all." Jen beamed.
They spent the rest of the day talking about anything and everything. Bessie left for about an hour to pick up the dresses, and Gretchen - Gretchen and Jen were staying the night again.
They all had an early night, and Joey lay in bed thoroughly thrilled about the next day. She prayed Pacey would be on time and that he would be standing there waiting for her...